TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI (57 1 



titude of the fair management will undoubtedly encourage a larger entry 

 of grade steers another year, since the advantages of showing in this sec- 

 tion are now apparent. This j'ear some of the classes failed to have a 

 single entry. Even with this failure of the extended prize-list to he full> 

 appreciated there was altogether a fairly good show of steers. Over a scor».. 

 of steers, purebreds and grades, appeared before the judges. There were 

 no sensational animals, but the general quality was good. Shorthorns 

 shown by J. R. Peak & Son, and W. H. Dunwoody, and Angus shown by W. 

 J. Miller were the largest displays and the center of interest among the 

 fat steers. The grand champion of the show was finally located in Miller's 

 grade Angus two-year-old My Choice, a good, smooth, blocky fellow. 



TKsr OF :milcii cows. 



The three days' test of milch cows was conducted by Prof. H. G. Van 

 Pelt. The rating was based on the yields of butter fat at 25 cents a pound 

 and skim milk at 20 cents per 100 pounds. Awards, 1 and 2, Barclay 

 Farms on the Ayrshires, Finleystone Cherry 6th and Barleith Snow Drop. 

 3, W. B. Barney & Co., on the Holstein Wietske Ormsby. 4. F. P. Knowles 

 on the Holstein. Hospital Pledge. 



Tin-: swi.Nt; show. 



The swine department was one of the busiest of the entire fair. Nearly 

 all the pens were filled and visitors and exhibitors swarmed around them. 

 The great swine building is so well arranged, so light and airy, that it is 

 an attractive place for visitors. Some that were not especially interested 

 in the hog exhibits sought the shady passages between the pens in going 

 from one part of the south grounds to another. These with those who 

 were studying hogs in particular made a good crowd about the pens much 

 of the time. Hog exhibitors have a fortunate and attractive location 

 that makes their stay at the fair more interesting and more productive 

 of business than the less modern accommodations with which they were 

 supplied before the new building was erected two years ago. 



Substantial improvements have been added to the hog judging pavilion. 

 Raised seats along the south side give ample room for spectators to v^atch 

 the judging in comfort. Those who formerly bewailed their inability to 

 get a glimpse of the judging found great satisfaction in these new seats. 

 A complete system of holding and judging pens has also been placed in 

 the arena. Exhibitors can now show their animals in comfort without 

 following them about with hurdles, and the trouble from hogs getting 

 mixed and stirring up fights is removed. The judges' work is greatly fa- 

 cilitated by the new arrangement. The confusion of the old way of show- 

 ing was very annoying. When large classes of hogs were in the ring it 

 was almost impossible to avoid slighting some luckless hog that persisted 

 in shifting his position so that the judges got little sight of him. Now 

 he stays where he is left until the judge drafts him for the short leet. 

 Tlie pens are solidly made with strong, securely fastened gates. Yet of 

 course they do not satisfy everybody. Exhibitors complain that the par- 

 titions are one board too high, so that they are compelled to climb over 



